Dichord
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A chord with two notes.
"This in turn may lead to splitting the final note of the song into a dichord without the necessary existence of overlapping, but the dichord may be an interval of any kind, since it is melodically formed."
- 2 A musical instrument that has two sets of strings.
"Many modern instrument collections contain instruments shaped like eighteenth-century trumpet marines, but which might better be described as dichords equipped with common string instrument bridges so as to be played as basses."
- 3 An ancient two-stringed lute.
Example
More examples"This in turn may lead to splitting the final note of the song into a dichord without the necessary existence of overlapping, but the dichord may be an interval of any kind, since it is melodically formed."
Etymology
From di- + chord.
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